The Love Game v2

by Gangnam Style X3

At their wit's end, Sasuke's parents seek the help of someone whose ways seem unconventional. But what else can one do when everything they've tried backfires epically? At this point, they are willing to let this stranger do anything and everything they can in hopes that it will help their son finally find true love and not just a good lay.

5. Have Your Cake and Eat It Too

Hi everyone! Thank you so much for the responses for the last chapter! I'm so glad that I was able to get mixed reactions from people! With some of you rooting against certain things for story-based reasons and others liking how things are going so far! Also, I'm glad that you seemed to like the lemon! It was my second time writing a full-length one and I was nervous about my skills for it since I'm already not the best writer and I didn't want to come off too vulgar for a start. But anyway, thank you all again and I hope you all stick around for things to come! So without further ado, enjoy!

Warning: I just want to let everyone know that from last chapter forward, be prepared for lots of sexual content, whether it's explicit or not. It all has a purpose for this story so you have been warned. Thank you! Also, this chapter may or may not be the longest chapter I've written so far for a story, mainly due to my mind constantly updating me with how it wants this specific chapter to flow towards its end result, lol.

Xxx Disclaimer: Naruto doesn't belong to me, but to Masashi Kishimoto xxX

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Sasuke yawns deeply, stretching his aching bones some time after 10 am. He peels his covers off his naked body and walks over to his closet. Picking out some random joggers and a muscle shirt, he slips them on. Once dressed, he peers over to the floor to find the pair of black lace panties that Sakura had left behind besides his bed.

"Hn."

Now that he thinks about it, she probably left them there on purpose to either remind him of what they did or to further send a message to the other girls that may or may not pass through his room during the following weeks.

Sasuke doesn't bother to move the item after closing his closet door, putting on some slippers, and exiting his room. He's pretty sure that Sakura is either in her room or maybe somewhere else in the house considering he kicked her out once she tried cuddling with him after their "session" together. The next time he sees her he'll just tell her to grab it from his room to wash it before it starts to smell.

Feeling hungry, he makes his way down to the kitchen, passing by a few of the ladies' rooms along the way. He can tell that most of them are still sleeping, judging by the light snores coming from some. He expects that the ones that are up are already in the kitchen waiting for the cooks to prepare them breakfast like he is, but he's pleasantly surprised to find a different sight upon entering the kitchen.

Hearing the chatting and chuckling first, his dark eyes are met with the sight of not the chefs cooking, but some of the girls, specifically Karui and Hinata while Temari and Kurotsuchi watch with anticipation. His stomach growls at the scent of the food the two are preparing and his mouth waters at the sight of it. The sound of his stomach alerts the women to his arrival, startling mousey Hinata enough to make her flinch when she realizes that it's him standing in the entryway. She quickly recovers though and offers him a soft, nervous smile, unlike the smug grins of the other three.

"Good morning, Sasuke-kun." She greets, turning back to her cooking when Karui reminds her to flip the bacon.

Sasuke hums in response, watching the two women work, admiring the choice of attire that they seemed to have used as pajamas last night. Karui, wearing the bare minimum of athletic shorts and a loose fitting tank top, exposing most of that sultry melanin skin to his tired eyes. Hinata, however, was a bit more concealed, but still much more revealing than he's used to ever seeing her; wearing a colorful patterned pair of leggings with an acid wash t-shirt. Her much longer and fuller hair was up in a messy bun too, which let him see more of her slender, unblemished neck.

His eyes wander over the bluenette for much longer than he'd have liked. She's so different from when they were children; wearing more form-fitting clothes that compliment her much more developed body compared to the baggy and boyish attire she used to have. He'll admit that he agreed with Itachi and Izumi about her being cute, but he'll be damned if he starts to find her anything more attractive than that.

"Like what you see, Uchiha?" Kurotsuchi's teasing voice suddenly breaks through his thoughts, breaking the trance that Hinata's swaying hips had over him.

He brings his attention over to the smirking pair of Temari and Kurotsuchi, the blonde thumbing her fingers on the countertop in her deep blue nightgown.

"Did Pinky not satisfy you enough last night that now you're looking to take a bite out of little Miss Hyūga for breakfast?" The brunette continues her taunt, earning a barely noticeable glare from the young male.

"W-What?" Hinata turns abruptly, trying (and failing) to cover her backside with the spatula in her hands before Karui nudges her to pay attention to the meal they were preparing for everyone.

"Come on Sasuke. Quit distracting her so that we can finish cooking breakfast for everyone." Karui commands, flipping her auburn locks over her shoulder as she flips some eggs, pancakes, and swirls around some sausage. She then pushes Hinata towards the oven to check on the muffins the bluenette had made as well.

Sasuke's eyes are once again glued to Hinata as she bends over to check the contents in the oven, her round ass looking quite plump and nice in those leggings of hers. She's refocused on the task at hand, moving around the blueberry muffins so that each is cooked evenly. The bluenette stands once more, going back to the food on the stovetop.

The young bachelor is yet again cut off by the sound of Temari's voice this time.

"You're damn near drooling, Uchiha. You really must have a sex addiction problem if Sakura's wailing and your staring is anything to go by." The blonde and brunette laugh when Sasuke shakes his head and crosses his arms, bringing his attention back to the two women.

"You two sure haven't changed. Still annoying." He remarks, only making the two, plus Karui, snigger more. Hinata merely does her best attempt to ignore the situation since it was all at her expense anyway.

"Aw, don't be mad that your horny ass was caught, Sasuke. That's technically what we're here for anyway." Kurotsuchi, the tomboy, mocks, flicking her thumb under her nose. She proceeds to stand from her stool and does a little twirl in her baggy t-shirt, exposing that she only has on a pair of underwear beneath it. She then pulls down the front of her shirt slightly so that some cleavage is showing.

Sasuke is not disappointed by the display.

"See? Take it all in, Uchiha. Maybe one of us will be the lucky girl to quell your sexual appetite for good, neh?" Sasuke doesn't respond since he's too busy watching the annoying tomboy shimmy her tits in front of him before taking her seat again.

"Hn." Sasuke closes his eyes when he's met with knowing smirks from the two sitting women, opting to keep his view on the two cooking beauties. Karui is in full command of the prepping, Hinata following each of her demands dutifully. Yet, if he recalls correctly, Hinata used to be an ace in the kitchen back before he last saw her.

Her brat of a sister always used to brag that Hinata was going to be an amazing cook because she always cooked with the chefs back home. He even had the pleasure of trying some of her experimental dishes from way back when, and he has no choice but to admit that they weren't half bad. He wonders just how well she's improved since then.

Not that he really cares, though.

Suddenly, Karui's voice interrupts his thought process this time, and he looks up to see her golden eyes trained on him.

"I'm surprised you're up this early considering how late into the night you and that woman kept at it." She states, smirking as she places some finished food onto waiting plates. "I forgot just how much stamina you have, seeing as it's been so long since I've last had my fill."

Sasuke's fingers subtly twitch against his arms and his eyes start to bleed with sudden lust. "Is that a sly request to be reminded of your last fill, as you say?"

Temari and Kurotsuchi look at each other before looking back at the flirting duo. They were not expecting this kind of thing early in the morning, well at least Temari wasn't. Kurotsuchi was tempting fate there, but it doesn't seem like Sasuke was willing to bite just yet. However, with the way that Sasuke was looking at the redhead they were pretty sure that he was about ready to bend her over and have her for breakfast instead. Guess you really can't toy with him nowadays unless you're ready to get fucked.

Karui turns, with a laugh, allowing Hinata to take over her portions of the cooking as well as her own. She points her spatula at him, crossing one of her arms under her bust and thrusting her hip out in a sassy manner.

"While it's a tempting offer, I'm kind of insulted that you'd think I'm as easy as some of the other girls here - willing to jump your bones at any given second." All three women (excluding Hinata) look smug at the slight turn of the young bachelor's seductive lips. "Like before, you're going to have to work to earn a taste of my goods, Pretty Boy."

Kurotsuchi covers her mouth to keep from spitting out her laughter, making Temari look at her questionably despite the mirth in her teal eyes as well. Karui looks satisfied with her turn down, something that slightly irks him if he's honest. Karui's always been like that though - she's always saying one thing but then means another, and she always does her best to piss him off. While it often led to some very intense and hot hate-sex, it doesn't take away the fact that she intentionally pisses him off.

With a light huff, Sasuke runs a hand through his dark locks, his libido having been minimalized by Karui's cocky attitude. He smirks, however, as his retort slips from his tongue.

"Work for it? Please. If memory serves, you were the one banging on my door and throwing yourself at me first. I still remember how you showed up in nothing but that trench coat like a scene from a cheesy porno."

Karui's cheeks flushed in an instant when the collective surprised inhalations of the other girls rang in her ears, followed by muffled snorts from the two at the counter. Her breath hitched when she noticed the satisfied expression from her former lover from turning the tables on her. And just like that, a new fire was lit within her, fueled purely by her embarrassment.

"F-Fuck you, Sasuke! You-"

"Don't worry. You probably will later. And if history repeats itself, you might be wearing that trench coat again."

"As if!" Karui scoffs, crossing her arms and leaving Hinata to finish up the dishes she left behind. "Like I'd wanna be the sloppy second to that pink haired chick! You disgust me."

Sasuke's smirk grows as he too crosses his arms and props himself against the wall. "Apparently I don't disgust you that much since you still showed up after hearing what you're here for."

Once more, Karui is at a loss for words and left a blushing, humiliated mess as Temari and Kurotsuchi watch on, clearly amused. Hinata does her very best to ignore the scene going on behind her, slightly baffled to see that her childhood tormenter was still up to his childish antics… at least regarding his quick and snarky clapbacks, only this time a lot more explicit.

Just before Karui could come up with a weak retort, Sasuke hisses when someone new pinches his ear from behind.

"You better not be… aah… teasing Onee-chan, Uchiha." Hanabi yawns, releasing her hold on his ear when he turns to glare at her.

Karui's bubbling anger mildly dissipates seeing Sasuke annoyed, huffing satisfied and going back to helping the other Hyūga finish the meal, who smiles happily at the intrusion of her younger sister. Kurotsuchi and Temari snicker some more, both glad to have been entertained this early in the morning. Sasuke continues to glare at Hanabi's back as she goes to sit at the counter to watch her sister finish cooking.

"Hn…"

-XxX-

Breakfast ran by smoother than expected for him, just like how dinner had the previous night. The only difference was that Sakura seemed to be carrying herself with a bit of a somewhat pompous attitude and was acting quite bold with her advances towards him. All of this seemed to irritate some of the girls since she seemed to make it a point to show that she held some kind of standing over them; which if he had a say, she really didn't.

The pinkette made sure that when she finally arrived down after all of the others had joined, she was wearing nothing but a flimsy robe that showed a bit much for a simple morning, including the handprints he left behind and made it a point to claim the closest seat beside him. She also made sure to try to play footsie with him under the table, doing her damnedest to make it as scandalous as possible, but he just wasn't in the mood for it. Especially with how some of the girls that were paying attention were sending heated looks her way.

He'll admit that Sakura has some balls to try to be this cocky with him, making it seem as if she's already won this little trial of theirs. But his old fling will be in for a rude awakening when he claims one of the others tonight. Which one, he isn't sure, but it will be the first one to claw at his door tonight. He's going to show her like all those years ago that he's not someone's property or their trophy to be won and shown off.

When everyone was finished with their plates and had complimented the girls on their cooking, some of them left to their own devices while the others stayed behind to help with the cleaning. Hinata, Hanabi, and Karui worked on putting the leftovers away, while Ino, Fū, Tenten, and Matsuri helped to clear off the table and do the dishes. Sasuke lingered behind mainly because Sakura finally made the choice to go back to her room and change, or so she said.

He wasn't about to take the risk of walking in on her sprawled over his bed this early in the morning after he mentioned her unmentionables that she left behind. Especially not with the gleam in her emerald eyes as she sauntered off.

In his seat at the head of the table in the dining hall, the young bachelor pulls his phone from his pocket and starts scrolling through his seemingly endless bounds of emails from a variety of sources. He opens an email relating to a package he was waiting to receive when the sound of someone groaning passes through his ears. He simply ignores the annoyed tone until the person responsible obnoxiously removes a plate that was in front of him by slamming their hand down on the table.

His piercing black eyes glare up into vibrant amber toned ones that glare right back at him with ferocity.

"What?" His tone is bland but holds a bit annoyance in there.

Karui huffs as she picks up the plate of food and places her hand on her hip, tapping her foot to further prove her irritation.

"You can't be serious right now, Uchiha." She scolds. "You're really going to sit here after watching us cook and now clean up the mess without even lifting a finger to help?"

Sasuke merely blinks back at her blankly before going back to looking at his emails. "You make the mess, you clean it. That's always been the rules."

The redhead's body inflates with anger as she breathes deeply through her nostrils. "We aren't your fucking maids, Sasuke!"

"Last I checked, there were still supposed to be some around." Sasuke counters, seeing that his package has been cleared for shipping.

"Well, there were until Hinata just had to ask them to take the day off so that she could prepare breakfast for everyone today to try to start things off nicely." She rolls her unique eyes but flushes a bit with mild embarrassment. "She was hoping it would be some kind of bonding thing, so I offered to help her out since there's a lot of bitches in this house now."

Sasuke peers up from his phone to offer a mocking smirk. "Aw, how kind of you to help the needy."

Karui scoffs and stomps her foot. "Needy my ass! Just get yours up and fucking help! I'm not going to be one of those timid girls that cook and cleans for the man! You're fucking helping."

The raven's smirk has disappeared as he watches the hot-tempered redhead storm off into the kitchen where the other girls were chatting. He sits in his spot for a minute, contemplating whether he should just head up to his room to avoid everything or be immature and remain where he is just to watch her get pissed off even more.

"Hn."

His eyes land on his plate of food that has yet to have been picked up and brought into the kitchen to be washed, and he just stares at it. A few seconds later, he sighs and picks it up along with a couple of other dirty dishes and drags himself into the kitchen where the sound of water running hits his ears.

Looking over towards the sink he sees Ino with her long, luscious blonde locks in the thickest braid he's ever seen washing the dishes while Fū in all her minty glory dries them with a couple of clean rags. He notices that the two brunettes, Tenten and Matsuri, are busy throwing what's not going to be eaten later in the trashes before handing the dishes off to Ino. He sees the annoying brat digging through his fridge to make room for the stuff that her sister and the other annoyance were wrapping up in tin foil and plastic wrap on the island counter.

Tenten is the first to spot his lingering body in the archway and grins. "Oh come on now. Ino's not that scary, Sasuke. You can bring the dishes over to her." She mocks in a babying manner as she wraps up a full bag.

The girls look over and Karui smirks upon seeing his uncomfortable stance and his glowering face. Ino glances over her shoulder and her blue eyes twinkle with delight.

"Yeah, Sasuke-kun. You know I won't bite unless you ask me to." She giggles and winks as she makes a biting gesture towards him, and he can't help but to find it sexy despite the teasing behind it. And not the good teasing either.

He can hear the younger Hyūga gag by her spot at the fridge, followed by Hinata's soft chuckles at the taunting. "Gross.."

The young Uchiha resist the urge to roll his eyes and makes his way over to the blonde, dropping his dishes next to the sink since some of them still had a bit of food that could be scrubbed off. He sees the blonde smile and blushes a bit, turning her attention back to the dishes. It's in that moment that he's reminded yet again that she was one of the ones who used to claim to love him like Sakura does - her "love rival". He mildly wonders if she still does.

"It's about time, Uchiha." Sasuke inwardly groans as he looks over towards Karui who hands over a wrapped dish to Hanabi. "Now why don't you be a good boy and help Matsuri grab the rest of the dishes, 'kay?"

Before he can even respond, a soft voice comes to his defense. "Karui-chan, maybe Sasuke-kun will be more inclined to do it if... maybe… you asked a bit more nicely..?"

There's a strong blush on Hinata's cheeks as she looks between the ebony beauty and her past tormentor. She just really wanted to keep the peace and get this over with soon to avoid further arguments between the two like earlier. But unfortunately for her, everyone just seemed to be in a hostile mood this morning.

"I'm sorry, Hinata, but there's no sugar coating anything when it comes to him." Karui replies with a cocky grin.

"Yeah, Onee-chan. The only way to get through to a bitch is to be a bitch." Hanabi chimes in, high-fiving Karui when she laughs at the addition.

"H-Hanabi!" Hinata gasps while the others laugh, much to the seething Uchiha's chagrin.

The bluenette looks over to see him standing there with the outward appearance of indifference, but she knows better than to think that he's anything but thoroughly annoyed at this moment. One thing he didn't sign up for was to be taunted by his former flings and her sister. She sighs when she sees Sasuke leave the room with Matsuri, but doesn't see him come back with her.

"Looks like Sasuke couldn't take the heat." Fū jokes, earning a couple of chuckles from the others.

"He didn't seem like he was rushing out of there, but it didn't look like he was trying to take his time either." Matsuri adds as she hands some dishes over to Tenten and Karui.

The redhead huffs in triumph while Hinata sighs in defeat. This is one of the rare occasions where she will actually feel sorry for Sasuke.

"Serves him right for being an ass. Like, how are you just going to sit there and watch while the rest of us work? We aren't his fucking housewives!" Karui cheers as she hands Hanabi another plate of food.

"Well, we aren't now, but who knows. One of us very well could be by the time this thing is over." Tenten grins, eyeing the others with mirth in her chocolate orbs.

Once again, Hanabi gags at the taunt, pointing her finger into her mouth, earning more laughter from the others. "That's just disgusting guys. Please. I don't know what any of you ever saw in that ass weasel in the first place, especially you Tenten."

All motion in the kitchen halts a beat as the women collectively stare at the oblivious youngster. It's only when she hears her older sister snort that she turns around to see all eyes on her with perplexed yet highly amused expressions.

"W-What?"

"Ass weasel? Really?" Ino voices for the group, earning another snort from the older Hyūga sibling.

Hanabi's cheeks flush as red as the strawberries that she had previously put away. She immediately places her hands on her hips and pouts defiantly at the party. "Look - It's what I called him the other night and I'm sticking to it! So don't question me, okay! It's a name that's going to stick for as long as I am around!"

The girls collectively put their hands up in mock defense from the youngster's projecting embarrassment. They resume their prior activities when Hanabi snatches a plate that Hinata had wrapped from the counter and places it in the fridge. It's not long after that they finally finish and take a moment to relax from cleaning up.

"So Hinata, when exactly are the housekeepers coming back?" Karui asks, breaking the silence that fell over the group of women.

The others look to Hinata in question, never realizing that the help was gone. "Oh! I just asked them if they could take the day off so that I could try to prepare something to help bond us all together over it. I'm guessing that they'll either be back tonight or tomorrow morning for breakfast."

"And they actually just left?" Matsuri asks with a quirked brow. Hinata simply nods in response. "That's interesting…"

"Wait. So the only reason that you and Karui bothered to make breakfast today was so that we could all 'bond' over something?" Asks Ino, flipping her braid over her shoulder.

Hinata blushes a bit at the weird looks she was getting from some of them, while Hanabi was quick to shoot some disapproving glares their way. "Well, y-yeah. Since we were all brought here because of Sasuke-kun, I kind of had the feeling that some animosity would stir up because of him. So I was hoping that maybe if I prepared something, it would help us all talk and get to know one another since we'll be living together for four months or so."

The girls look thoughtful for a moment before Karui spoke up in her defense. "She's not wrong. I mean, I didn't even know the girl well enough to like her until me and she made this breakfast together, and now I can say that she's… tolerable." She sends a teasing smirk the bluenette's way, making her gasp and chuckle in response. "This could be a nice bonding thing if we were all willing to try it."

"It would be nice to actually know the people that I'm temporarily living with in a friendly light," Tenten grins. "Also the addition of food isn't a turn off either."

Fū licks her lips as her mind wanders through an array of dishes to eat. "You know, I've been craving sweets lately, and there's this one dish that my mom taught me how to make back home that sounds really good for tonight."

"Ooh! Maybe we can bake some deserts or something and save some for the staff as a thank you for taking care of us during this whole thing!" Matsuri gleefully chimes in, clapping her hands together at the thought.

"That doesn't sound too bad. If we can convince the others to do it, then maybe we have ourselves something to do for tonight." Ino says, nodding her head more and more to the idea. She then holds up a manicured finger and furrows her trimmed brows. "Only this time, whatever mess is made, the other girls are cleaning that shit up. I'm not feeling to do double duty."

Everyone hums in agreement with that statement wholeheartedly.

"Well let's go see if the others are down to get dirty."

-XxX-

The rosette clutches her ruby robe closer to her body as she peers down the hall in search of someone. Her emerald eyes shimmer with determination with the adage of contained lust. When Sasuke hadn't returned to his room after breakfast, Sakura was a bit disappointed and confused, to say the least. She was sure that he had mentioned her discarded panties this morning as an excuse for her to come to his bedroom for some more coupling. Why else would he whisper it to her while everyone else was preoccupied with chatting?

Now after at least 15 minutes of him not showing up, she decided to go looking for him in case one of the other girls were holding him up and he was just being polite by entertaining them before he comes to ravage her again. She shivers at the prospect of the man she loves touching her again after so long and picks up her pace as she heads to the entertainment room.

Upon coming to a stop in front of the door, she can hear the sound of chatting with some sounds in the background. She wonders if it may be Sasuke in there with someone else since it was the sound of a man's voice, but then she second guesses because the voice is not as sexy as the man it belongs to. All that aside, she opens the door slowly and peers inside in search of a head of dark hair. When she doesn't see him from the little opening she's made, she enters the area further and calls out to him.

"Sasuke-kun?" Instead of hearing his voice call back to her, an audible sigh reaches her ears and she looks towards the couch in front of the large flat screen to find none other than Karin sprawled along it with the remote in her hand and her head resting in her palm.

Sakura's brows furrow a bit, but she instantly lightens up, not wanting to disrupt the truce that she and the redhead have agreed on upon coming here. Although, with Karin's response, it seems like that truce might just be going out the window.

"Sasuke-kun isn't in here Sakura. Why're you looking for him anyway? Hoping to 'play hookie' again already?" The pinkette puts on a challenging smirk when Karin sits up from her spot to regard her.

"What I do with Sasuke-kun is none of your business, Karin." Sakura retorts, crossing her arms and holds her head high. "Now do you know where Sasuke-kun is or not?"

Karin scoffs and fixes her glasses. "Please, don't act like you didn't try to make it everybody's business last night with how unnecessarily loud you were being. And even if I did know where Sasuke-kun was, there's no way I'd tell you."

Sakura's smirk turns to a deep frown and her trimmed brows furrow deeply. "So I'm taking this as you don't know." She states, choosing to not respond to the truth to her words. "And what the hell does that mean; you wouldn't tell me?"

Karin smirks, sitting up fully now. "It's obvious that Sasuke-kun is avoiding you like the plague, so why would I hint to you where he is? Why would I torture him like that?"

"Torture him?!" Sakura's emerald eyes widen in disbelief and irritation. "Avoiding me?! Why the hell would Sasuke-kun avoid me after the night we spent together?!"

"Same reason he left you all those years ago maybe. You're too clingy, Sakura-chan." Karin stands from her spot on the couch when she sees Sakura step to her like she was ready to launch at her. Her grin widens at the evident anger coming from the pinkette. "Aw, did I strike a nerve?"

"Shut the hell up, Foureyes!" Sakura snaps and Karin feigns hurt at the insult. "You don't know what you're talking about! What happened to the damn truce we made a week ago?!"

Karin's face turns sour as she places her hands on her hips. "The truce flew out the window as soon as you made it a point to rub it everyone's face that you were the first. You couldn't just let it be. No! You just had to make it a point like always when it comes to Sasu-"

"Ladies, ladies, I can hear a catfight about to break out a mile away. I'm disappointed that our truce could be broken so easily over something as small as hearing Billboard Brow fucking the man we all love."

Sakura and Karin look towards the door at the sound of the newcomer to find Ino laughing in the middle of the door frame. Both mildly glare at her in response, to which she simply holds up her hands in defense.

"Really Ino? Don't sit here and act like you weren't just as upset about this as I am." Karin retorts, making Sakura turn to her with a quirked brow and a pursed lip that just screams her thoughts of "oh really, pig?".

Ino doesn't dispute this fact, but rather sighs and rolls her eyes. "No one is acting like anything. I'm just saying that you two are really about to start shit on the second day over something that we've all done countless times before." The two bickering women glance at each other before looking back at the blonde. "If you really want to start a fight, why not do it in a way that won't make us look like those same immature high school girls?"

"What are you talking about, Ino-Pig?" Asks Sakura, dropping her threatening position.

Ino goes on to explain to the two their plan to bake tonight as a bonding session, mentioning how the cooks won't be back until either late tonight or in the morning. "Think of using this as an opportunity to see who can cook something that Sasuke-kun likes the best. You know what they say: the quickest way to a man's heart is through his stomach." She winks a twinkling blue eye at the two confused, yet contemplating women. "So what do you say?"

"Hmph. I don't even know why you two would even bother. I can already tell who the best is between the three of us." Karin smirks, shifting her glasses with a haughty laugh.

"In your dreams, Foureyes." Sakura snorts, looking between her two love rivals. "It's on."

"Great!" Ino cheers, clapping her polished hands. She then looks to Karin with a devious smirk.

"And by the way, Karin, even if Billboard Brow was the first to have sex with Sasuke-kun, that just means that one of us with have to show, or should I say remind him of who was the better lover."

Both Karin and Sakura scoff at this but grin nonetheless.

"Like I said, I can already tell who the best is out of the three of us."

-xXx-

Kurotsuchi was relaxing on her bed with her laptop playing an action movie when the sound of someone knocking on her door disrupts her. Turning her head towards her door with her eyes still on the screen, she lazily calls for the intruder to come in. She's mildly surprised when she sees Tenten pop her bunned head through her door.

"Oh, it's you." She greets, turning her attention back to her computer. "What's up?"

Tenten shuts the door behind her and makes her way over to the girl, leaning over to catch a glimpse of the film she's watching. "Cool. I like this movie." She states offhandedly. "I just came by to see if you'd like to bake or cook downstairs tonight with the rest of us."

Kurotsuchi looks over her shoulder to the brunette with a raised eyebrow and a lopsided grin. "Are you serious?" She chuckles. "Baking?"

Tenten rolls her eyes and casually sits on the bed beside her, paying more attention to the movie than the possible rejection. "Yeah. Hinata asked the cooks for the day off so that we all could bond, so we came up with this idea to bake something together."

The dark-haired tomboy gazes at the brunette for a moment, slightly puzzled by her comfortableness with her before turning back to the movie with a shrug. "Ah. So who exactly is going to participate in this 'bonding exercise' of yours?"

"So far it's me, Hinata, Hanabi, Karui, Ino, Matsuri, and Fū. The others are asking the others if they want to too, so maybe everyone depending on how well it goes."

Tenten and Kurotsuchi glance at each other for a moment before looking back to the screen. "Hmm. I guess I could pop in for a second. Don't see the harm, especially if there's food involved."

"Haha, that's kind of like what I said."

-xXx-

Matsuri searched around the house for what seems like hours (to her) for her fellow Sunagakure housemate, when she finally catches a glimpse of her outside while passing through the foyer. She happily rushes towards the door, opening it, mildly surprised to see Temari bent down, gazing and tending to some of the flowers in the Uchiha manor's garden. Coming out of her stupor, she calls to the blonde.

"Temari-senpai!" Said woman, turns around, standing up instantly, fixing her sundress.

"Matsuri." She regards, looking down on the shorter girl when she comes to stand in front of her. "Did you need something?"

The brunette nods. "Actually, yes! I was wondering if maybe you wanted to do this baking thing with me and the other girls tonight? We have the kitchen all to ourselves tonight thanks to Hinata and we all thought it would be a nice chatting session to get to know each other!" Matsuri takes a deep breath as Temari looks at her with faint confusion. "Plus the bonus of hopefully great food is something to really look forward to!"

Temari places her hand up when Matsuri stands too close while on her tiptoes. She sighs when she manages to calm the excited girl down just enough to give her a chance to think. Her mind goes back to this morning and how entertaining it was to watch Hinata and Karui cook and all of the taunting when Sasuke was involved. She also couldn't deny that the goodies to come out of this were a tempting offer.

"Will Sasuke and Karui be there? It was fun watching them argue this morning."

Matsuri places her finger to her chin in thought. "Hmm. Well, I know for sure that Karui will be there since this was also her idea. But Sasuke, it all depends on if Hanabi and Hinata can convince him to come down since Karui kind of irritated him a bit too much after breakfast."

"Okay. Well, you have me sold so far on the food and the possible entertainment. I guess I'll go." Temari grins but covers her ears when Matsuri shrieks just a tad bit too loudly with joy.

"Yay!"

-xXx-

"I don't see why it has to be us to ask the ass weasel if he wants to come. Fū and Karui were well and able to do it themselves." Hanabi whines, crossing her arms and huffing as she and her elder sister reach the said weasel's bedroom door. "Besides, who knows if he's in here already with another chick or maybe the same pink haired one. Did you see the looks she was giving during breakfast?"

Hinata giggles at her sister's words as she pauses in front of the door, minutely concerned with the fact that he may indeed be in there with another of her housemates doing the do. She presses her ear to the door for a split second before sighing with relief that she doesn't hear any inappropriate sounds.

"We've been over this, Hanabi-chan. Fū-chan wanted to check out the personal gym and Karui-chan was out of the question because of her and Sasuke-kun's poor attitude towards each other this morning." She pats Hanabi's head when she rolls her pale eyes in response. "This whole plan is for bonding, so we can't have her arguing with him if we're trying to get him to join."

"Maybe it's better if he doesn't join…" Hanabi tuts bitterly with a pout, only to earn a disapproving frown from her sister.

"Hanabi-chan, this is his house and he should be able to feel welcome in it since we are the ones intruding. Please try to have a better attitude about this. It's all for him anyway."

Hanabi looks away with an embarrassed blush on her cheeks as she mutters her apologies to her sister. Hinata nods somewhat satisfied before turning back to Sasuke's door, proceeding to knock on it. They wait a few seconds but hear no response from the other side. The siblings glance at one another before trying again. After getting no response for the second time, Hanabi sighs irritably, grabbing Hinata's hand.

"Maybe he's not even in his room, Onee-chan. And even if he is, maybe he is with someone or just wants to be left alone." She reasons. "If he wants to come down, I'm sure he'll hear the noise from us later on tonight."

The elder Hyūga looks disappointed as she glances from her sister to the door. With a sigh of her own, she tries one last time before cupping her hand around her mouth.

"S-Sasuke-kun!" She softly calls, just loud enough for him to hear if he's in there. "I just wanted to tell you that the girls and I are going to be cooking downstairs tonight for fun if you want to come to join us! If not, I'll be sure to leave some stuff in the kitchen for you if you decide to try something! I hope you can make it…"

The two young women stand there for a moment, just staring at the door in case there was finally a reply, but none came. They exhale for a second time as Hanabi tightens her hold on Hinata's hand, proceeding to drag her away from his door.

"You never know, Onee-chan, he just might make an appearance." Hanabi tries to reassure, taking notice of Hinata's sourpuss of a face. "And if he doesn't, at least we'll have had fun!"

A smile slowly creeps onto the bluenette's face as her sister's words sink in. "Yeah. I guess you're right. Everything will be just fine. I just want him to be comfortable is all."

"Of course you do." Hanabi teases as the two head down the stairs in search of the others.

However, inside of Sasuke's room sat the young bachelor himself upon his bed with his arm sprawled over his handsome face. After managing to avoid Sakura lurking out of his room like he predicted she would be, he crashed onto his bed only to be interrupted by the Hyūgas a few minutes later.

He had heard all of what both sisters have said; from the brat's insulting words to the mouse's invitation to their little thing tonight. To say he was surprised to be invited to something happening in his own home, let alone something as silly as cooking was a bit of an understatement. Nonetheless, he was glad for the warning of what was to go down in his kitchen tonight. Now he knows to avoid the place where all of the women were going to be for at least a couple of hours tonight. The one space that will hold three of the people that he is trying to avoid for the day: Sakura, Karui, and the bratty Hyūga.

"Tch…" Sasuke tuts as he turns on his side, closing his dark eyes. He breathes deeply with a groan. "Annoying females…"

-xXx-

Hours pass and the women are all in the kitchen chatting and laughing as they cook and bake their dinner and desserts for the night. Fū along with the help of Karui and Matsuri are using one of the ovens to make a dish from Fū's family: a cheese, potato and sausage casserole. The green haired woman would energetically instruct the two on what to do and where to put what while she looks at the directions that she had asked her mother to send her on her phone. Matsuri would end up making tiny mistakes that either of the dark-skinned beauties would have to fix before finally sidelining her to reading the directions and handing them what they need.

Beside them, Temari and Tenten are bickering over what to put in the side salad that they were making. Temari was suggesting that they put all of the items in it and whoever doesn't like them can just pick them out, while Tenten was saying that they should just put all of the extras like onions and mushrooms of the sort in separate bowls on the side so that nothing leaves an aftertaste and the girls can just add to their own dishes. The continued to argue over this matter until Kurotsuchi approached them and sided with Tenten. Before Temari could question her, she explains that she's very particular about her salads so Tenten's idea was the better option. Temari huffs at this while Tenten hums with a grin in the tomboy's direction. Kurotsuchi then proceeds to help the two with chopping up the rest of the veggies while asking the others what they like in their salads.

By the baking station, Hanabi is rolling up some dough in a cinnamon mixture, while Hinata mixes a batch of cinnamon glaze to go over the cinnamon rolls. They chat and look on at the other groups, happy to see them all getting along fairly well. Once she's finished with the glaze, Hinata moves over to help her sister finish rolling the dough to be put in the oven. However, as she's in the middle of rolling some dough, she's constantly interrupted by either Ino, Sakura, or Karin. The trio would constantly sneak over individually to ask for some advice or assistance with their own desserts, to which she happily obliges each time, leaving Hanabi to be annoyed slightly due to being left alone.

The young brunette watched as her sister was once again pulled away by Ino who was asking her if her fruity jello was mixed just right since she was making it for a special someone. Right after that, Sakura pulls her aside and asks if her cupcake mix looked like it was missing something and if she should add some more color to it. She also asked about the frosting she was making and asked her to be the taste tester. Hanabi snorts with laughter though when Hinata ends up getting frosting on her face when Karin pulls her over to check on her caramelized brownies just as Sakura put the spoon to her lips.

Everyone starts laughing at the silly mess the girls have made over Hinata's face when the small girl gasps at the feeling of it covering her cheek from her lip. Her face tints red as she laughs as well before taking some frosting from her cheek and smearing some over Karin's cheek as well. A round of shocked gasps reverberates around the kitchen as Karin looks on with disbelief before bursting out with laughter when she too takes some from Hinata's face and smears some across Sakura's forehead. Ino laughs as both her rivals as covered in frosting just before Hanabi taps her shoulder, making her turn to a full chin of powder from her section of the kitchen.

Not long after the kitchen is filled to the brim with laughing and squealing as the ladies grab whatever substance they can to splotch on the other. This just so happens to be the time that a certain bachelor decides to make a temporary appearance. Although, just before stepping into the view of the others he stops short beside the wall to peer into the kitchen without being seen.

He notices the genuine smiles and guffaws from how much fun the ladies seem to be having together. As he watches for a few seconds longer, he can only imagine how this nice image would be ruined by his presence. He can just see the laughter turn into bickering, whether it be with him or with one another; he can see the smiles turn to cocky smirks and pouts over something a measly as his person.

While it's sometimes nice to see women fighting over him, he just doesn't feel like ruining the mood in this particular situation. While the Hyūga said that she wanted him to be comfortable, he'd feel more comfortable if everyone just got along now and inevitably fought later. It'd be less of a pain in the ass for him to deal with now.

With a lingering pause to catch one last look at the happy group, he makes his way back upstairs to wait for it to be silent for him to come down for a meal. Yet as he walks away, he doesn't catch the two pairs of golden and opal eyes that watch his retreating back from his supposedly hidden corner.

-xXx-

The young Uchiha makes his way quietly down the steps as he hears the last door close and the remnants of chortling die down. It's been hours before the women finally left the kitchen and he's hoping that they have cleaned up their mess too. From what he saw last there was powder and goo everyone and he knows for certain that the chefs and staff would not be pleased to return to such a state.

Coming upon the kitchen, he's pleasantly surprised to see it apparently spotless, almost like the food war never happened. Though, he is surprised to see someone still lingering in here long after the others have left.

Placing the last dish in the cupboard, Karui turns and jumps slightly at the sight of a deadpanned Sasuke. "Dammit, Sasuke. Say something next time instead of sneaking up on me like that." She sighs and goes over to the foiled plates lined along the counter. "I could have just broken one of your plates if you weren't careful."

The raven shrugs in response, walking over towards the fridge in search of something to eat. "Doesn't matter. I could always just buy another."

Karui rolls her eyes and makes her way over to the fridge, pushing it shut just before Sasuke could open it all the way. He quirks a brow at her actions and she just points to the microwave in response.

"Hinata already prepared a plate for you while the rest of us wrapped everything else for your staff tomorrow." Going to the microwave, he finds a plate wrapped in plastic with a card with his name on it. He sees this tempting looking casserole with a side of salad that's coated with tomatoes and other veggies. "She had yours sitting in there for a while so the stuff should still be pretty warm."

"Hn." He places his hand over the salad and casserole and is glad to see that she wasn't wrong. He pulls out the plate and proceeds to remove the plastic from around it and watches a bit of steam flow from the warm dish.

He puts the plate of food on the counter and goes back to the fridge, where Karui just looks at him with question. "Am I not allowed to have dressing with my salad?"

The redhead flushes as she opens the fridge for him before going over to the counter to sort through some of the items there. As the Uchiha preps his dinner, Karui calls out to him.

"So these are for the staff tomorrow so don't touch these." She points at four different plates that circle a name card that thanks the staff. "And these are for the rest of us. Sakura, Ino, and Karin prepared these especially for you though, so maybe give them a try."

Glancing over, he sees trays of cupcakes, jello, brownies, and cinnamon rolls. His nose scrunches up at the sight.

"I hate sweets."

Karui turns to him with faint shock, but grins and shrugs. "Oh? Well, that's ironic considering the taste you seem to have in women is pretty 'sweet'. I mean, come on. Pink hair? Bubbly personalities? Sweethearts? Those all seem pretty sweet to me."

"Tch. I wonder where that leaves you then." Sasuke retorts as he takes a bite of the casserole. Not bad…

"Asshole." Karui growls, smoothing back her hair to keep herself calm. "So, where did you go earlier?" Sasuke looks at her with question. "I mean during this whole shebang. I saw you come down and then you just left."

Sasuke hums in realization as he continues to eat. "I didn't feel like getting caught in the middle of a messy war."

"Of course. You'd rather be caught up in a messy bed with someone else." She snorts but blushes when Sasuke looks at her with a heated stare and a smirk.

"I swear Karui, you must really be jealous."

"W-What are you talking about? Jealous of what?!" She stammers, stepping forward with her hands on her hip.

"Not only have you been a raging bitch today, but I've noticed that you keep mentioning Sakura in subtle ways. I think you're jealous that I fucked her first before I fucked you."

A light shiver runs through Karui's body and she bites her lip before shaking away the rising blush, crossing her arms over her chest. Her brows furrow and her eyes harden. "Please! Jealous of Sakura?! Not a chance. I could care less if you fucked her first. That doesn't make a difference to me."

His eyebrow raises in challenge, losing interest in his half-eaten plate of food. He was more interested now in reeling in a much better dish. "Really now? How so?"

She scoffs and flips her hair over her shoulder, leaning in without realizing just how close he had gotten to her while she wasn't paying attention.

"Because I know that I can fuck circles around her any day. She just all noise for show while I'm all raw t-talent." The dark skinned woman stammers when she breathes in his masculine scent, finally gazing up to see him standing right in front of her. She gulps as she feels a sudden heat pool between her legs.

Sasuke hums as his eyes glint red as he stares down at her. He smirks that devilishly handsome smirk of his that has her feeling perky already.

"Hmm. I seem to have forgotten this raw talent of yours. Care to remind me?"

-xXx-

Hanabi and Hinata were craving another cinnamon roll, so they decide to make the short trip grab some. Along the way the meet Matsuri who was craving some of Karin's brownies. The three joke about their fatty cravings as they come close to the kitchen. However, all manner of speaking comes to a screeching halt when they hear some strange slapping sounds from the kitchen.

"What the heck is that?" Hanabi inquired as the three slowly stalk towards the kitchen. None were prepared to find out the answer.

"Fuck~ Ah!"

Matsuri covers her mouth to keep from gasping loudly, and Hinata puts her hands over Hanabi's eyes as she pulls the two off to the side to hide from the sight of Sasuke and Karui going at it on the island counter. Hanabi's face is overly red from just the brief glimpse she caught of the coupling duo's naked bodies - the sight making her lose all appetite.

Keeping her hands over her sister's scarred eyes, Hinata and Matsuri dare to take another peek to confirm that they are in fact not seeing things. Matsuri's face turns red and her thighs begin to rub together as she watches a lot longer than Hinata, whose eyes widen significantly, not believing to be seeing such a thing.

"Shit~! Just like that, Sasuke."

Karui was a panting mess as Sasuke had her pinned up against the island counter, one hand squeezing her waist almost painfully as he drives his hot rod into her at an astounding pace. His other hand was tangled in her auburn locks, pulling her head back at a painful angle that was sure to leave her with a stiff neck the next day.

One of her bare legs was wrapped around his hip for better feeling while the other barely supported her weight because it was shaking so much from pleasure and the intensity of his thrust. With one hand shakily supporting her on the counter, she uses her other one to grab of fistful on his raven locks, forcing him into a heated and hasty, sloppy kiss. Their breaths mix as their teeth slightly mash together while their tongues twirled around, adding that much more euphoria to their fucking.

"Oh my - fuck yes~!" Karui moans as Sasuke groans with a smirk, pulling her head back farther to latch onto her neck.

Having seen enough, Hinata rushes Hanabi out of there, panting heavily as she drags her sister back to their room. She doesn't bother looking back to see if Matsuri had followed her footsteps, though she has a feeling that the girl is enjoying the show much more than she and her sister had. She pushes a tearful Hanabi into the bedroom and slams the door shut behind them. She brings her over to their bed and lays her down and rubs her head as traumatic tears fall from her moonlike eyes. She coos her little one as best she can despite she herself feeling like she had just witnessed hell and back.

While she is by no means a virgin herself, just seeing the man who used to bully her as a child humping away at someone she had just made friends with like they were horny rabbits was not something that she was expecting to see after meeting him after many many years. She knew what she was signing up for when she agreed to come here, and she thought that just hearing it would be the worst of her problems. But now, she's actually seen him in all his glory and Karui in all of hers. And the thing that sickens her the most about it is that now she can see why so many women would gladly throw themselves at him for just a night.

The red hue in her cheeks darkens deeply as she pulls her sister closer to her, ignoring the need to soothe the aching at her center.

-xXx-

So sorry guys about the long ass wait. Things have been really difficult for me right now and I've been trying to find the time and motivation to write. It's like I know I want to, but for some reason, my body and mind find every other reason not to when I actually have the time. Anyway, enough excuses! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and the little tidbit of a lemon in there. I also hope you liked the interactions between the girls and the slightly longer chapter as an apology for the even longer wait. Please tell me your thoughts! I loved seeing everyone's response as to why they think the relationships won't work or what they're hoping to see in future chapters. Things like that make me want to put out the next chapter like I know I want to.

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